Bobloco:
What happened to our “world's largest rice pyramids,” made with a million bags of rice, by the last Administration

What happened to the CBN anchor borrowers programme

DeLaRue:


So it's the leaders that are to blame again for the obsessive consumption of rice in this country.

The last government through the CBN spent billions trying to improve rice cultivation, but to no avail.

Many of the challenges the country face are because of us, the people.

Yes, blame the people for eating rice. Very soon you'll blame us for breathing instead of just dying

pobosky20:
Shame on our local rice producers,they failed everyone. An opportunity presented itself and they couldn't take advantage of it to remain top. Nonsense!

post=126988457:
Let us plant our own rice.

But wait o,
The last time we did that, did Nigerians buy it?

Charity begins at home

lexylaw40:


https://www.google.com/amp/s/nairametrics.com/2023/11/15/nigeria-to-import-2-1-million-metric-tons-of-rice-become-top-buyer-globally-in-2024-usda/%3famp=1

Xxxxtentacion2:
Tinubu is leading us to the promiseland...
insha allah we thank God we dodged the bullet Peter Obi and landed on the nuclear bomb Tinubu

rickleye:



How is it cheaper ? Don’t we have the land, climate and even population that eat rice as staple food ?

November24:

Don't be foolish sir.
Everything isn't politics

HenryWilliams:


What happens to the local rice farmers?
The ones govt banned foreign rice for?
The ones that produce low quality rice that's more expensive than imported rice.
Isn't this a failure of the rice ban?
You banned imported rice to make locally processed ones thrive. They failed to deliver and made rice over 60k per 50kg. Something that was 9k several years back.

post=126988457:
Let us plant our own rice.

But wait o,
The last time we did that, did Nigerians buy it?

Charity begins at home

HenryWilliams:


What happens to the local rice farmers?
The ones govt banned foreign rice for?
The ones that produce low quality rice that's more expensive than imported rice.
Isn't this a failure of the rice ban?
You banned imported rice to make locally processed ones thrive. They failed to deliver and made rice over 60k per 50kg. Something that was 9k several years back.

lexylaw40:


https://www.google.com/amp/s/nairametrics.com/2023/11/15/nigeria-to-import-2-1-million-metric-tons-of-rice-become-top-buyer-globally-in-2024-usda/%3famp=1

MANNABBQGRlLLS:
Let us plant our own rice.

But wait o,
The last time we did that, did Nigerians buy it?

Charity begins at home

nairalanda1:




Here is the honest truth, we can never be the largest producer of rice, unless

1. We have the climate and weather of a Brazil or Thailand

Or

2. We do massive irrigation and irrigation


No matter how much we try we can't compete with Brazil and Thailand in rice production

Bobloco:
What happened to our “world's largest rice pyramids,” made with a million bags of rice, by the last Administration
What happened to the CBN anchor borrowers programme

Karleb:


Since Buhari, a buck of the rice Nigerian has been consuming has been the local rice. We can all testify to how expensive the are compared to Thai rice we were used to.

The local rice are produced in the north and the rice mills do not have adequate resources to produce en mass like in Thailand. If you check the internet, you'd see videos of northerners beating rice to shell it.

Also, they are affected by the Fulani herdsmen and the terrible economy. For example, they need fuel to run, some other materials are also needed in rice production that are now expensive and these has to be included in the cost of production.

TruthinAction:
Nigeria is a joke. The more we keep importing virtually everything, the more our Naira looses its value.

post=126988457:
Let us plant our own rice.

But wait o,
The last time we did that, did Nigerians buy it?

Charity begins at home

Yankee101:
And kill the business of all those that invested locally in rice production

To think someone will be worse than buhari in leading Nigeria is unimaginable

BenuePolitician:
Meanwhile the previous administration Led by President Buhari, banned the importation of rice in order to develop Local rice production. Why in God's name is the present administration making a mockery of Governmental powers when we have states with proven agricultural prowess (Benue ) capable of producing all the rice necessary to feed all Nigerians and also export

rickleye:


I agree rice from poorer countries like Thailand might be competitive but for us to import that amount . What happened from this policy

https://www.globaltradealert.org/intervention/102340/import-ban/nigeria-government-bans-the-import-of-rice-through-sea-ports#:~:text=On%2020%20January%202022%2C%20the,through%20land%20borders%20in%202016.

Karleb:
It is honestly better and cheaper than producing.

Don't even say it will affect forex because when we were importing our rice jejely before buhari, the naira was stronger.

Jking20:
It's a pity, shame on our brainless leaders.

Xxxxtentacion2:
Tinubu is leading us to the promiseland...
insha allah we thank God we dodged the bullet Peter Obi and landed on the nuclear bomb Tinubu

Soludo: Peter Obi Knows That He Can’t And Won’t Win

Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), will not win in the 2023 general election.

Soludo said this on Monday in an article titled ‘History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1)’.

“Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows that he can’t and won’t win. He knows the game he is playing, and we know too; and he knows that we know,” the article reads in part.

“The game he is playing is the main reason he didn’t return to APGA. The brutal truth (and some will say, God forbid) is that there are two persons/parties seriously contesting for president: the rest is exciting drama!

“That many Americans may not like the fact that Joe Biden (79 years) and Donald Trump (76 years) are two frontrunners for president in their parties does not remove the fact that if both of them emerge as candidates, definitely one of them will be president in 2024.

“As my brother, I wish him well and even pray for him. I told him during his courtesy call that my prayer is that himself or Prof Umeadi of APGA would win, why not?

“That is from my heart, but I also told him that my head and facts on the ground led me to know that it’s probability is next to zero (what I cannot say before you, I won’t say behind you).

“So I already told him my opinion. Indeed, there is no credible pathway for him near the first two positions, and if care is not taken, he won’t even near the third position.”

https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-peter-obi-knows-that-he-cant-and-wont-win-says-soludo/